Yandu Lu is a professor and lead of the single-cell Bioengineering Group of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea at Hainan University. He received his Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main interest is the evolution, function, and editing of microalgal genomes and the design of synthetic biology using microalgae as chassis, including (1) the characterization and engineering of crucial biological processes and value-added chemicals in microalgae; (2) the development and application of synthetic biology in cell factory design for medical, industrial, and agriculture ends; and (3) the strategy development for heavy-metal remediation approach using microalgae and other microbes.